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December 1, 2010 -
Publication
Communicating Effectively About Budgets and Taxes
With support from MacArthur, the Frameworks Institute has been conducting research to understand the underlying assumptions Americans have about budgets and taxes and to develop more productive strategies for communicating about these issues Read More
November 30, 2010 -
Press release
What D.C. Influencers Say About the National Debt
The second round of the "The Buck Stops Where?" survey series conduced by MacArthur grantee Public Agenda examines how Beltway insiders viewed the debt and the deficit during the 2010 midterm elections. Read More
November 16, 2010 -
Press release
New Poll: Voters Want Congress to Act to Reduce the National Debt
More than 70 percent of mid-term voters polled in a post-election survey say it is "very important" that Congress takes steps to reduce the national debt. Read More
August 19, 2010 -
In the Media
Chicago Experts Urge Treasury to Focus on Renters, Affordable Housing, in Mortgage Finance Overhaul
August 3, 2010 -
Publication
New Journal Explores Benefits, Costs of Government Programs
The new academic Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis examines whether government programs improve the well-being of society. It was published by the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis with support from MacArthur. Read More
July 29, 2010 -
From the field
Illinois Approves Payday Loan Bill
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law a bill that caps interest rates on payday loans and provides other consumer protections through increased regulation of lenders. Read More
July 27, 2010 -
Publication
National Town Meetings on Our Fiscal Future
3,500 Americans gathered together at 57 sites across the country to deliberate about our nation's fiscal future. Read More
July 21, 2010 -
Speech
MacArthur President Robert Gallucci Introduces America's Fiscal Future: Making Difficult Choices
As a nation, we have been over-spending, over-promising, and over-borrowing. Our panelists will go into the details of how this came to be, and what the implications are for the United States. Read More
